The Asia-Pacific High-level Intergovernmental Meeting on the Assessment of Progress against Commitments in the Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS and the Millennium Development Goals, held from 6 to 8 February 2012 in Bangkok, was the first regional intergovernmental meeting to be held since the adoption of the Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS: Intensifying our Efforts to Eliminate HIV/AIDS in June 2011. The Meeting was convened in partnership with seven other United Nations entities: UNAIDS, UNDP, UNODC, UNICEF, UNFPA, UN-Women, and WHO.

“…ground universal access in human rights and undertake measures to address stigma and discrimination, as well as policy and legal barriers to effective HIV responses, in particular with regard to key affected populations”.